Keg or container.



P. A. SGHAUM & E. F. WALES.

KEG OR CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED $123.18, 1914.

1,125,735. Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

IHVEFITORS 0.9.24). ,4. WW I] TTOR Tl EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. SCHAUM, 0F DETROIT ,,AND EUGENE F. WALES, 0F LEESVILLE, MICHIGAN.

KEG on CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, FRANK A. SCHAUM and Enema F. VVALES, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit and Leesville, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, respectively, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Kegs or 0011- tainers, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to kegs or other containers and has for its object reinforcing devices for strengthening the container.

A further improvement is devices for holding the hoops in place. These devices may be made part of the reinforcing structure.

In the drawings,Figure l, is a side elevation of the keg or container partly broken away. Fig. 2, is an end elevation of the same partly broken away. Fig. 3, is a side view of one of the reinforcing strips.

The cask or container that we prefer to employ in connection with our invention is such a one as is shown in Patent 1,086,826, of Feb. 10, 1914. It comprises an inner receptacle a that is ordinarily glass-enameled on the inside.

Filler material 6, preferably in the form of separate staves of pressed cork and a plurality of sheet-metal stave-sheaths c are employed and lie in edge to edge contact, the metal being turned over at the sides to form a slidable engagement between adjacent staves. Between certain of the staves and stave-sheaths a strip d ofstronger and heavier metal than the stave-sheaths is interposed between the turned-in edges. This reinforcing strip protrudes through a hole in each ring e which fits over the ends of the staves and stave-sheaths (in the drawings the ring 6 and the head-sheath are shown as a single piece although they might be separate, or only the ring used). The

ends f ofthe reinforcing strip are then upset or riveted down upon the rings e. This serves to firmly hold the rings in place and also where the rings and the head-sheath are in a single piece serves to hold the headsheath in place. \Vhere the ring and head- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

sheath are fastened together they form a cap for the end of the keg.

Beer kegs and containers of this nature are subjected to very hard usage and these reinforcing strips add very materially to the strength of the cask and its outer shell. Inasmuch as the bung stave g is the weakest stave by reason of the bung opening, we preferably use one of the reinforcing strips, or sometimes two, adjacent the reinforcing stave. We have shown four reinforcing strips in the drawing, but of course it is obvious that any number may be employed. Heretofore it has been the practice to weld the hoops to the outer shell where stave sheaths of sheet metal, such as We have used, are employed. Shoulders h are pro vided upon the reinforcing strips. These are beveled on the sides toward the ends and have abrupt drops on the sides toward the middle of the keg. Hence when the metal hoops i are slid over the shoulders and drop over the abrupt sides they are secured permanently in place.

\Ve preferably employ hoops which have an annular corrugation or raised portion j. These are somewhat yielding and not only serve to take some of the knocks that would otherwise be given the outer shell but also aid in the rolling of the keg in a straight path, for they protrude beyond the bilge.

What we claim is:

1. A keg or container, having in combination, a side structure comprising a plurality of bil ed stavesheaths, soft filler material under the stave-sheaths, rings or caps engaging over the ends of the stave-sheaths and the filler material, suitable heads supported by the side structure, flat metal strips fitting tightly between some of the staves', the said flat metal strips being provided with shoulders beveled on the sides toward the ends and dropping abruptly on the sides toward the center of the keg, the ends of the flat strips protruding through the rings or caps and being riveted down, and hoops forced over the said shoulders and interlocked thereby.

2. A keg or container, having in combination, a side structure comprising a plurality of stave-sheaths, soft filler material under the stave-sheaths, rings or caps engaging over the ends of the stave-sheaths and the filler material, suitable heads supported by the side structure, and flat metal strips fitting tightly between some of the staves, the ends of the flat strips protruding through the rings or caps and being riveted down.

3. A keg or container, having in combination, a plurality of bilged staves, a ring or cap over each end of the staves,flat metal strips somewhat Wider than thick fitted between some of the pairs of adjacent staves, the strips having their widths radially dis posed and protruding through the caps or rings the ends being riveted down, the said strips being provided with shoulders protruding beyond-the outside of the staves,

and hoops looked upon the staves by being forced over the said shoulders.

In testimony whereof, we sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

I FRANK A. SCHAUM. EUGENE F. WALES.

., Witnesses: STUART C. BARNES, VIRGiNIA. C. SPRATT. 

